I-TEGUCIGALPA, eHonduras - Lapho abaseSpain befika emazweni aseMelika, babengazi ukuthi isifunda saseMelika Ephakathi sasiyindawo ezobavumela ukuba bawele ngomhlaba besuka e-Atlantic beya ePacific Ocean ngesikhathi esifushane. Lapho sebebonile ukuthi leli thuba lalilikhulu kangakanani, baqala ukuhlola, ekugcineni bathola indawo ababezoyiqamba ngokuthi iGulf of Fonseca, umgodi omkhulu ngokwanele onele imikhumbi emikhulu, indawo namuhla eyabiwe yiHonduras, i-El Salvador neNicaragua, neHonduras ogwini kakhulu ngasogwini lwayo.
Yeka ukumangala okuhle okwatholwa ngabatholi ukuthola indawo enezindawo ezinhle kangaka lapho ulwandle luphazanyiswa izintaba-mlilo ezinkulu ezibonakalayo kude, igebe elinothile empilweni, livakashelwa imikhomo emikhulu, amahlengethwa nezinyoni ezingenakubalwa ezakha izidleke zazo amahlathi emihlume agcwele ogwini lwawo, indawo engakashintshi kangako eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-500 futhi umlingani wayo omkhulu yiHonduras.
Kuningi isivakashi esingakubona futhi sikujabulele. Into yokuqala umuntu ayiqaphelayo lapho efika ogwini lwe-gulf indawo elawulayo yesiqhingi esisodwa ngaphezu kolwandle esinesithombe esihle sentaba-mlilo, i-Isla del Tigre, isiqhingi esiqanjwe ngesigebengu saseNgilandi uFrancis Drake esasebenzisa le ndawo njengendawo yokucasha. kusukela lapho ukuze ahlasele ngonya “njengengwe” emikhunjini yaseSpain eyayithatha le mizila. Phansi kwesiqhingi i-Amapala, idolobha ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-XNUMX lakhethwa njengekhaya labafuduki baseNtaliyane nabaseJalimane, idolobha elinempilo, elikhangayo elivakashelwe ngisho no-Albert Einstein, nendawo yokuqala eHonduras ukuthi i-US umongameli, uHerbert Hoover, wayeke wavakashela, kanye nethimba lakhe, echaza umgwaqo omusha wobudlelwane phakathi kwamazwe amabili.
Imicimbi ebabazekayo yenzeka nsuku zonke kanti eminye yenzeka ngesizini. Nsuku zonke entathakusa nasekuseni, izinkulungwane zezinyoni ziya esibhakabhakeni ngenhla kwe- “Isla de los Pajaros,” zikhipha umsindo ovala izindlebe lapho zibizana, okufakazela ukuthi kusaphuma izindawo ezingcwele lapho kubusa khona izinyoni zodwa. Yindawo engafinyeleleki ngomhlaba, okuwukuphela kwendlela yokufika lapho ngasolwandle, ulwandle olugcwele impilo lapho, unyaka nonyaka, izinkulungwane zofudu zibuyela ngaphandle kokuhluleka zizalela amaqanda ebhishi elilodwa lapho zazalelwa khona, ithuba izingane kanye nabantu abadala ngokufanayo baba onogada nabanakekeli bezimfudu ezincane eziya olwandle olungaziwa zibabiza ngamagagasi abo. Kunamabhishi aguqula umbala maphakathi nonyaka njengoba izinkulungwane zonkalankala zivela ngobuhle zifuna umlingani embukisweni omangalisayo ongapheli wezinsimbi ezikhombe esibhakabhakeni.
Kunamabhishi amaningi kakhulu ongahamba ngawo futhi uwajabulele, iLos Amates, iRaton, iCedeno, iPlaya Negra, nezinye eziningi ongafinyelela kuzo ngesikebhe iziqhingi eziningana zabo bonke ubukhulu, kusuka esiqhingini esincane saseConejo, esingatholwa ngezinyawo ngesikhathi esiphansi i-tide, nokunye okumangazayo okufana ne-Providencia, lapho umuntu kufanele ahlele ukulala khona ebusuku, akhuphuke futhi akanise ngaphansi kwesibhakabhaka esicwathile esigezwe izinkanyezi.
IGulf of Fonseca nayo inesibopho sokugcwalisa amapuleti ethu ngezinketho eziningi, imfanzi, i-lobster, i-octopus, nezinhlobo eziningi zezinhlanzi nezimbaza, phakathi kwazo enye esiyibiza ngokuthi "i-curil," eyaziwa njenge-aphrodisiac ne-energizer, amandla isivakashi izodinga ukuze ube namandla anele okuthola wonke amakhona aleli pharadesi elihle lokuphila eningizimu yeHonduras.
